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Topic: Lincoln's Throat call out (Read 14814 times)

Apparently there was a call-out for a S&R over in the Lincoln's Throat vicinity today. Someone went out to solo it and has not returned. Considering how cold it was last night and today with fairly high wind speeds up high, we can only hope for the best. That's a long way off the beaten path and a carry-out would be extremely difficult at best.

According to Rick Wilcox of IME, the missing climber was found a little while ago. Apparently he did the ice climb yesterday, summited, and ended up being out overnight on the top of Little Haystack. When they found him he was OK and he was choppered out this afternoon. As Rick put it with much understatement, "it must have been a cold night outside above treeline last night!"

According to Rick Wilcox of IME, the missing climber was found a little while ago. Apparently he did the ice climb yesterday, summited, and ended up being out overnight on the top of Little Haystack. When they found him he was OK and he was choppered out this afternoon. As Rick put it with much understatement, "it must have been a cold night outside above treeline last night!"

Glad to hear he is OK. I am certain that he had a cold cold cold night...

Probobly the only real mistake he made was not getting home on his own power. I say that only because many of us do the same things and get away with it yet when one of us needs a rescue folks seem pretty darn quick to become critical and distance themselfs from the victim. probobly some kind of mental self preservation thing where we try to convince ourselfs that it will never happen to us.....

"He did make some mistakes," Fish and Game Sgt. Brian Suttmeier said, citing going alone and leaving the marked trail as likely errors.

"Fielding was only able to survive the night because he had adequate gear for the conditions."

Not only was he properly equipped, but:

Someone knew where he went (to solo Lincoln's Throat) and someone called SAR when he did not return within a specified timeframe (SAR was called at 2AM, 5 hours past 9PM, which is about when I'd expect to return to Boston from Franconia Notch.)

He did a whole lot more stuff right than Aron Ralston, and that guy got a movie and a sweet ice-axe arm out of the deal.

I am very curious about the decision to bivvy instead of keeping moving and hiking down the AT or another trail in the dark, but I am sure there was a reason. Is the resucee an NEClimbs user? Seems likely. If so, do speak up!